Sea-Tac security will be able to see you naked

Don’t be shy, travelers. Security officers at Sea-Tac Airport will soon be able to look right through your clothes.

“Whole body imaging” machines are coming to the airport, allowing airport security to view blurry black-and-white images of passengers’ naked bodies. The Superman-esque technology will be installed at the airport in September, according to the Seattle Times.

The Transportation Security Administration told Seattlepi.com last year that five body-scan units were earmarked to debut at Sea-Tac. Using the controversial machines is optional — passengers can opt to have a pat-down from security personnel.

“The Transportation Security Administration is planning to digitally strip search all air travelers in the United States. The technology is expensive and invasive. There are no real privacy safeguards… Blurring the pictures should not blur the issue.”

The scanners are meant to thwart terrorist attacks by detecting items hid under clothing.

To be scanned, passengers step into a booth. (See an image and an explanation of how it works here.) The images are viewed by security personnel located away from the checkpoint.

“We do that specifically for the privacy of passengers,” a TSA spokesman told Seattlepi.com last year. “The images are never recorded, it’s not printed, it’s not projected, it can’t be sent anywhere.”